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  2. WIT AND HUMOR.

    No man is ever too busy to watch a dog fight. "Do you read much fiction?" Sir! I'm a gas meter inspector." A cance is the politest of all boats, it always ...

    Article : 378 words
  3. THE SPIRIT ENGLAND DOES NOT UNDERSTAND.

    I have heard the three terrible words so many times that I have come to think of them as the sound by which I shall identify Germany—and I have heard the grumble of ...

    Article : 1,121 words
  4. BY WAY OF INVENTION.

    To be picked up from a torpedoed trawler is not a way which ordinarily inspires courage. Circumstances vary emotions, and James Trevelyan took it as part ...

    Article : 3,953 words
  5. PERSONAL.

    In a letter received from an English artillery officer at. the front he says:—"Give us our quantum of high explosives a month, and I think we can see it through—but for ...

    Article : 1,104 words
  6. KEPT FAITH WITH HIMSELF.

    We are burying him tomorrow. Neighbors will stand by and weep and not feel ashamed; neighbors who used to warn their children against having anything to do with him. ...

    Article : 1,384 words
  7. A SOFT ANSWER.

    Little Willie had been having trouble with the boy next door. "I hope you remembered that a soft answer turneth away wrath," said his mother. ...

    Article : 41 words
  8. TIME NOT MONEY.

    "Young man," said the Chief severely, "I notice that you are almost invariably from ten to twenty minutes late in getting to the office." "I know, sir; but you seem to set such a small ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. WHAT DID SHE MEAN?

    The Curate (engaged on a theological discussion with his landlady): And what do you think of the character of St. Paul? The Landlady: Ah, he was a good soul. Do you ...

    Article : 69 words
  10. THE KAISER'S WITHERED ARM.

    Various stories have been told of the cause of the Kaiser's infirmity—that withered left hand and arm, which must have caused the proudly sensitive monarch many a ...

    Article : 476 words
  11. THE STING IN THE TAIL.

    Simpkins always was soft hearted, and when it devolved upon him to break gently, the news to the bereaved, Mrs. Jones it cost him much paper, ink and perspiration before he sent the ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. WAS IT SLANG?

    A teacher was taking her class in geometry. "Now, boys," she said, "you first make a dot or point, so you may place your compass point upon it." Turning round to see if the children ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. IRISH GOODS.

    Very few people are ambidextrous—that is, able to use the left hand as readily and skilfully as the right. But there is an amusing story of one Irishman who was careful to cultivate that ...

    Article : 118 words
  14. A RESERVATION.

    A schmiel or simpleton was once wandering through the fields when he came upon a cow tied to a stake. He observed the animal for a time, and seemed downcast. ...

    Article : 106 words
  15. A LIGHT LOAD.

    General Sir Arthur Paget tells a story of a visit paid by an inspector to a prison in the north of Ireland. There had been a rumor that the prisoners were underfed, and the inspector ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. STUCK PIG.

    Moses Mendelssohn, who was the victim of much abuse, but whose sharp wit always turned the tables on his persecutors, was once sitting in an inn where a number of cavaliers were feasting. ...

    Article : 171 words
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